It's not often that getting my Word of the Day email makes me laugh, but today's did.
The word: virago \vuh-RAH-go; vuh-RAY-go\, noun:.
Definition one: A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage.
Definition two: A woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or overbearing.
Just a tiny bit of difference between the two, huh? If that's not ammo for a feminist "men see all strong women as bitcas" argument, then I don't know what is.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
For the Record, I Have Only Ever Heard Definition Two Used
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